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SN 46.130PTS SN 5.1361 min read

Higher Fetters

Uddhambhāgiyasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.130Linked Discourses 46.130
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0.3UddhambhāgiyasuttaHigher Fetters

1.1PTS 5.137Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters.1.3Katamāni pañca?What five?1.4Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.1.5imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five higher fetters.1.6Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvetabbā.The seven awakening factors should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.

1.7Katame satta?What seven?1.8Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe…It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,1.9upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …and equanimity, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion. …”

1.10amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …“… which have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination …”

1.11nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.“… which slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment …

1.12Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ime satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvetabbā”ti.The seven awakening factors should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

1.13Dasamaṁ.

1.14Oghavaggo terasamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,2.2Ganthā anusayena ca;2.3Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇā,2.4Khandhā oruddhambhāgiyānīti.